Trephining in mastoid and tympanic disease

Mastoid Suppuration without Tympanic Perforation and Suppuration

Facial nerve grafting and end-to-end anastomosis in the middle ear: tympanic cavity and mastoid.

UNLABELLED Sectioned facial nerves can be repaired with grafting or end-to-end anastomosis. OBJECTIVE To discuss these repair procedures and what can be expected of them. METHOD Seven patients with sectioned facial nerves were included in the study. Four underwent grafting and three were offered end-to-end anastomosis. Facial nerve palsy was iatrogenic in five patients and was caused by bul...

Total mastoid obliteration in staged canal-up tympanoplasty for cholesteatoma facilitates tympanic aeration.

OBJECTIVE To assess middle ear aeration after total mastoid obliteration using bone pate and hydroxyapatite performed at the second stage of intact-canal-wall (ICW) tympanoplasty. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary referral hospital. PATIENTS Forty-two ears with cholesteatoma underwent the obliteration. Computed tomography (CT) scan 1 week before the second-stage operation...

Sclero-Corneal Trephining

Otitis Media — Trephining